Cigarette and cigar container.



H. A) STERN.

; CIGARETTE AN'D CIGAR CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1915- Patented J nne 13, 1916.

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HARRY A. STERN. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE :LND CIGAR CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. STERN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cigarette and Cigar Containen of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packages or containers for holding cigars, cigarettes, matches or other articles, and its object is to provide a container which shall bestrong and durable, and which can be opened without injury to the contents and thereafter closed and again opened as may be desired without affecting the contents.

This invention consists in a proper blank folded in such a manner as to constitute a rectangular receptacle for the articles to be retained, a flap which may be folded down over the opening in the receptacle, and reinforcing covers which may be folded o er from the sides to constitute further protection. Sealing means for the contents of the container may be provided if desired.

' The invention may be embodied in a number. of different forms, of which four are shown, but it is to be understood that I am not to be limited to the constructions shown in the drawings, as these are merely examples of the embodiments of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is. a plan of a blank of paper or other flexible fibrous material adapted to be folded to constitute the container. Fig. 2 is a plan of the container after the lower section has been folded up onto the middle section, and the pocket thereby formed has been filled with cigarettes. Fig. 3 is a section of the container on the line 33 of Fig. 2 on av larger scale. Fig. 4 is a plan of the container completely closed and sealed. Fig. 5 is a plan of a modified form of blank.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Containers for cigarettes now on he market are almost universally in the form of comparatively rigid boxes, or of round cylinders of paper or tinfoil, whose ends are folded down onto the contents and usually reinforced by means of a cylindrical band of greater or less stilfness. After these cylindrical containers are filled they are usually flattened to more nearly adapt them to the pocket of the consumer. I

The present invention is designed to provide a container in which thecigarettes will Specification of Letters Patent. Pgatgntgd Jung 13, 191$, Application filed July 12,1915. Serial No. 39,213.

be in a single flat row, completely protected from injury, and which container shall be sufficiently flexible so not to be inconvenient to the person carrying it in any of his pockets.

It will be understood that the material from which the various containers shown in the drawings are to be made is paper, properly sized and stiffened cloth, leather, properly treated rubber or other flexible material, but preferably a moderately stiff and quite tough paper. It will be further under- .stood that advertisements of any character may. be printed on the blank before it is folded to form the container and that the material used may be so treated as to render it moisture oroef, and that the parts may be secured together by cement or glue, by sewing, by metal fasteners or in any other desired manner.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 consists of a central portion 1 and side portions 2 and 3 which constitute the middle section of the blank, a central portion 4: and side portions 5 and 6 which constitute the lower section of the blank, and a central portion 7 and side portions 8 and 9 which constitute the upper section of the blank. To form. the pocket in which the cigarettes are to be placed, the lower section is folded up against the middle section, the portions 5 and {S lying against the portions 2 and respectively. If desired, the edges of the portions 5 and 6 may be coated with glue or any other proper cement, previous to the lower section being folded over, or any other means may be adapted to secure those portions together. It will then be understood that a pocket of proper size to hold the desired l of the Elthe than the portion 1, although this is a matter of choice. After the pocket has been filled, the upper section is folded down onto the middle section, the portion 7 completely covering the upper ends of the cigarettes A, after which the sides, which are new constituted by the portions 2, 4'5 and 8, and the portions 3, 6 and 9, respectively, are folded over inwardly, as shown in st, after which a seal. 11, which may be a revenue stamp or any other form of sticker, may be pasted across the'overlapping, edges of the portions 2 and 3.

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